French ship Cassard (1795)

	Scale model of the Brave, probably made by French sailor prisoners in Great Britain, Art Gallery of Ontario
History
France
Name	Cassard
Namesake	Jacques Cassard; 10th of August; Bravery;
Ordered	16 February 1793
Builder	Lorient
Laid down	August 1793
Launched	2 May 1795
Renamed	Cassard in 1795; Dix-août in 1798; Brave in 1803;
Captured	1806
United Kingdom
Acquired	6 February 1806
Fate	Foundered attempting to reach Britain in April 1806.
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes; 5,260 tonnes fully loaded;
Length	55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 m (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 m (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns; 4 × 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Cassard was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Dix-août in 1798, in honour of the events of 10 August 1792, and subsequently Brave in 1803.

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